FINSE RAILWAY STATION
The municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway






📢 - FINSE RAILWAY STATION, NORWAY - 📢


Finse Station (Finse stasjon) is located in the mountain village of Finse in the municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway.
The station was opened as part of the Bergen Line on 10 June 1908, five years after the first hotel was built in Finse. Since there is no (public) road access, the railway is the sole access to the area.
After the railway came, Finse grew as a recreational area, and also received a small amount of permanent residents, at the most 200 people, including a school and a store. The proximity and easy access to both Bergen and Oslo made Finse a popular mountain resort, but during the 1960s and 1970s the tourist traffic declined, as did the village, and during the 1980s it virtually died when the school and store closed.
Finse Station still operates the oldest and highest situated post office in Norway, founded on 1 March 1904.

Location on Google Maps HERE

Bane NOR is responsible for the operation, maintenance
and construction of railways throughout Norway



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Published March 2024 / Foilsithe Márta 2024